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| Men's 200 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Aquatics Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 7 August 2016 (heats & semifinals) 8 August 2016 (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 48 from 36 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:44.65 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Qualification | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| 4 × 200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| Marathon | ||
| 10 km | men | women |
The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 7–8 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.[1]
After a runner-up feat in the 400 m freestyle two days earlier, China's Sun Yang put up a monumental effort for the Olympic mid-distance freestyle title in a dramatic rivalry against Chad le Clos of South Africa and Conor Dwyer of the United States. Hanging with the leaders at the 150-metre turn, Sun made a late charge on the final lap to edge out Le Clos in front and did not let Dwyer pass him for the gold medal in 1:44.65.[2][3] Despite his early jump to the immediate lead before the final stretch, Le Clos could not hold off Sun to finish with a silver and an African record time in 1:45.20. Meanwhile, Dwyer powered home with a bronze in 1:45.23.[4]
Swimming on the outside lane, 2015 World champion James Guy of Great Britain improved upon his position to finish fourth with a 1:45.49.[5] Dwyer's teammate Townley Haas claimed the fifth spot in 1:45.58, while Germany's world record holder Paul Biedermann (1:45.84), Japan's Kosuke Hagino (1:45.90), the Olympic champion in the 400 m individual medley, and Russia's Aleksandr Krasnykh (1:45.91) rounded out the field.[4]
Other notable swimmers featured France's Yannick Agnel, who missed a chance to defend his Olympic title after fading to nineteenth in the prelims with a 1:47.35, and two-time silver medalist Park Tae-hwan of South Korea, who posted a twenty-ninth-place time of 1:48.06 in his fourth Olympic appearance.[6] Shortly after the Games, Agnel, aged 24, officially confirmed his retirement from international swimming.[7]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Paul Biedermann (GER) |
1:42.00 | Rome, Italy | 28 July 2009 | [8][9] |
| Olympic record |  Michael Phelps (USA) |
1:42.96 | Beijing, China | 12 August 2008 | [10] |
Results
Heats
The heats began at 1:19pm.
* Qualified, but pulled out of semi-finals to focus on 4×100 m freestyle relay.[11]
Semifinals
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 5 | Conor Dwyer | United States |
1:45.55 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Paul Biedermann |  Germany |
1:45.69 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | James Guy |  Great Britain |
1:46.23 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Kacper Majchrzak |  Poland |
1:46.30 | NR |
| 5 | 6 | Sebastiaan Verschuren |  Netherlands |
1:46.34 | |
| 6 | 7 | Myles Brown |  South Africa |
1:46.57 | |
| 7 | 2 | Velimir Stjepanovic |  Serbia |
1:47.28 | |
| 8 | 8 | Glenn Surgeloose |  Belgium |
1:47.36 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 4 | Sun Yang |  China |
1:44.63 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Kosuke Hagino |  Japan |
1:45.45 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Aleksandr Krasnykh |  Russia |
1:45.69 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Townley Haas | United States |
1:45.92 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | Chad le Clos | South Africa |
1:45.94 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Thomas Fraser-Holmes |  Australia |
1:46.24 | |
| 7 | 7 | Dominik Kozma |  Hungary |
1:47.53 | |
| 8 | 1 | Cristian Quintero |  Venezuela |
1:48.00 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Sun Yang | China |
1:44.65 | |
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1 | Chad le Clos | South Africa |
1:45.20 | AF |
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3 | Conor Dwyer | United States |
1:45.23 | |
| 4 | 8 | James Guy | Great Britain |
1:45.49 | |
| 5 | 7 | Townley Haas | United States |
1:45.58 | |
| 6 | 6 | Paul Biedermann | Germany |
1:45.84 | |
| 7 | 5 | Kosuke Hagino | Japan |
1:45.90 | |
| 8 | 2 | Aleksandr Krasnykh | Russia |
1:45.91 |
References
- ^ "Men's 200m Freestyle". Rio 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ Johnson, Raphielle (8 August 2016). "Sun Yang wins 200 free, Conor Dwyer takes bronze". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "China's Sun Yang celebrates gold medal win in the 200m men's freestyle at the Rio 2016 Olympics". Daily Mail. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Sun Yang Charges To Gold In 200 Free Final; le Clos Takes Home Silver". Swimming World Magazine. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Olympics Rio 2016: GB's James Guy finishes fourth as Sun Yang takes 200m freestyle gold". Eurosport. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "Sun Yang Takes Top Spot; Defending Gold and Silver Medalists Out of 200 Free". Swimming World Magazine. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ Anderson, Jared (7 August 2016). "Yannick Agnel Confirms He Will Retire After Rio". Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ Dillman, Lisa (29 July 2009). "Suit case: German ends Phelps' reign". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ Jeffery, Nicole (29 July 2009). "Paul Biedermann beats Michael Phelps in 200m freestyle". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ "Phelps breaks 200 free world record by nearly a second". ESPN. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- ^ "Jeux Olympiques : Jérémy Stravius fait l'impasse sur les demi-finales du 200m". L'Equipe (in French). Éditions Philippe Amaury. 7 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
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